Improvement in flour-sifters



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LUCY SAWYERA, fdem@MrLnroN,, MASSAGHUSETTS.

Letters Patent No. 110,672, dated January 3, 1871 antedated December17,1870.

IMPROVEMENTlN FLOUR-SlFTERS.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making pari: of thesame.

I, LUCY SAWYER of Templeton, in the county of Vorcester andOffiilmonwealth of Massachusetts, have invented -an Improved Sifter 'forFlour, Meal, Sugar, and other articles, of which the following isa'speciticatiou.

Nature mul Objects of the Invention. M y invention consists ot' a sifterof a somewhat conical form, constructed of woven wire,.that may be usedby pressing it directly on or into the mass of the flour.

or other article to be sifted, and there turning itfto the right andleft a little distance alternately, the iiourj or other articlel passingupward and inward through the meshes orholes iu the si'fter, and is thusrendered line and separated from lumps, bran, or impurities, andmeasured, a1 1d may` also be carried in the sifter to a pan,molding-hoard, or other place desired, without dust or contact with theoperator.

In the accompanying drawing A representsethe' body of the sitter, whichisconstructed of wire-cloth or wire woven together, with spaces betweenthe wires to allow the flour orotherarticle to pass through, and eitherwoven or pressed;

into a conical form.

' B represents a strong metallic band fastened around the edge of thesitter by bending the wires over it or soldering, for the purpose ofstrengthening the sitter wires.

C represents a metallic handle extending over and across the topv oropen side of the sifter, and fastened to the rim 'B by meausof solder,rivets, or any convenieut fastening.

The sitter is operated by grasping the handlermly in the hand, thenpressingthe bottom ou or into the Hour or other article to he sifted,then turning the sitter right audleft a little distance, alternately, asfar as the hand of the operator can conveniently turn, thereby causingthe `flour or other 'material to pass upward and inward throughtlleglneshes or holes in the siter to theinside, and this process isvcontinued `until the sitter is full, which,'beiug constructed o'f a ldefinite size, as one quart or one pint, serves asa measure ofthequantity, and, when full or a suliicicut quantity is thus pressed withinthe sitter, it may be v lifted and carried with the contents to a pan,moldingboard, or other convenient place, as in a scoop, and there pouredfrom the top or again sifte'd through the l meshes or holes outwardby'shakng as with an ordinary sieve.

Iam aware that wire-cloth is used for sieves, and that it is also wovenor pressed into a somewhat similar shape, and used for dish-covers, anddo not clninl' the wire-cloth 'or the particular form of the body of thesifter as applied to those and other` purposes.

Vhat I claim as. my improvement in flour-sitters is- In the constructionfrom woven wire A, with its baud B and handle 0, for the use, asdescribed, as a.. new article of manufacture.

Witnesses:

V. l?. PARKHURST, CEAS. J. N oURsE.

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